Video playing method and system based on augmented reality technology and mobile terminal

ABSTRACT

Disclosed is a video playing method based on augmented reality technology. In combination with augmented reality technology, a rectangular plane 3D model which completely covers a target picture in a current scene image is drawn, and at the same time, after a video file related to the target picture is separated into an audio stream and a video stream, a video image frame in the video stream is taken as a texture and is mapped to the 3D model frame by frame, and graphic rendering is performed; and finally, a scene image captured by a video camera and the rendered 3D model are fused and output, and the audio stream data is output synchronously. Correspondingly, also disclosed are a video playing system based on augmented reality technology and mobile terminal. The picture information in newspapers and periodicals, magazines and other print media can be easily converted into video information, and the video completely fits the picture in the spatial position, so that a user obtains a new audio-visual experience of combining emotion with scenery; and newspapers and periodicals, magazines and other paper media can also realize diversified propagation of information by virtue of the technology of the present invention, and provide a precise fast video push service.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present disclosure relates to mobile augmented reality field, andparticularly to a method and a system for playing video based onaugmented reality technology, and a mobile terminal.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Mobile augmented reality, i.e., augmented reality based on mobileterminal, is a research direction combining augmented reality technologyand mobile computing technology. Mobile augmented reality, which getsmore and more attention, has become one of the hotspots inhuman-computer interaction field in recent years. Mobile augmentedreality is the same as traditional augmented reality in essence, thatis, fusing virtual information with real environment in a real-time andseamless manner by virtue of computer graphics technology andvisualization technology in a scene when real environment is presented,and supplementing and augmenting real scene with virtual information. Atthe same time, mobile augmented reality can be combined with mobileterminal platforms, whereby the mobility of augmented reality technologycan be played to the largest extent and a new sensory experience andinteractive mode completely distinguishing from traditional personalcomputer platforms can be provided to users.

However, in the current augmented reality system, the virtualthree-dimensional model (3D model) is directly superposed on real scene,and the application scope thereof is limited.

In addition, in the current mobile terminal, videos are played bygeneral video player software. For example, when users need to watchvideos searched from the network on their mobile phones, the videos canonly be searched from the network and then played by general playersoftware. Traditional video playing manner is relatively outdated andlack of attraction, and thus cannot provide a new sensory experience andinteractive mode completely distinguishing from traditional personalcomputer platforms to users.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a method and asystem for playing video based on augmented reality technology, and amobile terminal, whereby the application scope of augmented realitytechnology can be expanded and the problem of outdated and lack ofattraction in traditional video playing manner can be solved. Accordingto the present disclosure, the picture information in newspapers andperiodicals, magazines and other print media can be easily convertedinto video information by the system disclosed herein, and the videocompletely fits the picture in the spatial position, so that a user canobtain a new audio-visual experience of combining emotion with scenery.

To achieve the above purpose, the present disclosure provides a methodfor playing a video based on augmented reality technology, comprising:

searching, according to a current scene image captured by a videocamera, a reference image matching with a target picture in the currentscene image and a video file corresponding to said reference image in animage database;

performing audio-video split on and decoding to the video filecorresponding to said reference image, in order to obtain a video imageframe sequence and an audio data;

registering the current scene image captured by a video camera with thereference image, calculating a posture of the video camera to obtain ahomography matrix, and obtaining a rectangular plane 3D model whichcompletely covers the target picture in the current scene imageaccording to said homography matrix;

-   -   mapping a video image frame, as a texture, in said video image        frame sequence to said 3D model frame by frame, and performing        graphic rendering; and    -   fusing the current scene image captured by the video camera with        the rendered 3D model, outputting and displaying the fusing        result, and outputting said audio data synchronously.

Preferably, registering the current scene image captured by a videocamera and reference image, and calculating a posture of the videocamera to obtain a homography matrix may be:

registering the current scene image captured by the video camera withthe reference image in a real-time and continuous manner, andcalculating a posture of the video camera, in order to obtain thehomography matrix.

Preferably, registering the current scene image captured by a videocamera and reference image, and calculating a posture of the videocamera to obtain a homography matrix also may be:

registering the current scene image captured by the video camera withthe reference image to obtain an initial homography matrix; and

-   -   performing optical flow tracking on the target picture according        to image feature points of successful image registration, the        initial homography matrix and the current scene image captured        by the video camera in real time, in order to obtain the        homography matrix through tracking algorithm.

Preferably, when performing optical flow tracking on the target picture,said method further comprises:

determining whether the optical flow tracking on target picture fails,

if yes, performing feature point detection and image registration onceagain on the current scene image captured by the video camera.

Preferably, searching, according to a current scene image captured by avideo camera, a reference image matching with a target picture in thecurrent scene image and a video file corresponding to said referenceimage in an image database further comprises:

capturing, by the video camera, the current scene image containing thetarget picture;

performing feature detection on the current scene image captured by thevideo camera, extracting image feature points thereof, and describingsaid image feature points, so as to obtain feature description data of awhole image; and

searching an image in an image database according to the featuredescription data of the current scene image, so as to obtain a referenceimage matching with the target picture in the current scene image and avideo file corresponding to said reference image.

Correspondingly, the present disclosure further provides a system forplaying a video based on augmented reality technology, comprising avideo camera module, an image feature extracting module, an imagesearching module, an image registering module, an audio-video splittingand decoding module, an graphic rendering module and an audio-videooutput module,

wherein said video camera module is used for capturing a current sceneimage containing a target picture;

wherein said image feature extracting module is used for performingfeature point detection on the current scene image captured by the videocamera module, extracting image feature points, and describing saidimage feature points, so as to obtain feature description data of thecurrent scene image;

wherein said image searching module is used for receiving the featuredescription data of the current scene image from said image featureextracting module, searching in image database, transmitting the featuredescription data of a reference image matched therewith to the imageregistering module, and transmitting an Uniform Resource Identifier(URI) of a video resource corresponding to the matched reference imageto the audio-video splitting and decoding module;

wherein said image registering module is used for registering thecurrent scene image captured by the video camera module with thereference image according to feature description data of the referenceimage returned by the image searching module and the feature descriptiondata of the current scene image extracted by said image featureextracting module, so as to obtain a homography matrix;

wherein said audio-video splitting and decoding module is used forfinding corresponding video file according to the URI of a videoresource obtained by the image searching module, performing audio-videosplit on and decoding to said video file, in order to obtain a videoimage frame sequence and an audio data, and transmitting said videoimage frame sequence to the graphic rendering module and said audio datato the audio-video output module;

wherein said graphic rendering module is used for drawing a rectangularplane 3D model which completely covers the target picture in the currentscene image according to the homography matrix calculated by the imageregistering module, and mapping a video image frame, as a texture,extracted by said audio-video splitting and decoding module to said 3Dmodel frame by frame, thereby graphic rendering being performed; andwherein said audio-video output module is used for fusing the currentscene image captured by the video camera module with the 3D modelrendered by the graphic rendering module, outputting and displaying thefusing result, and outputting said audio data synchronously.

Preferably, said image registering module registers the current sceneimage captured by the video camera module with the reference image in areal-time and continuous manner, and calculates a posture of the videocamera module, in order to obtain the homography matrix.

Preferably, said system further comprises a tracking module connectedbetween said image registering module and said graphic rendering module,said tracking module being also connected with the video camera module,and

wherein said tracking module is used for performing optical flowtracking on the target picture of the current scene image captured bythe video camera module and calculating the homography matrix, after thetarget picture of the current scene image captured by the video cameramodule is successfully matched with the reference image.

Preferably, said tracking module is also used for commanding imagefeature extracting module to detect feature points of the current sceneimage captured by the video camera module once again and commanding theimage registering module to perform image registration once again whentracking on target picture fails.

Correspondingly, the present disclosure further provides a mobileterminal, which comprises a video playing system based on augmentedreality technology as mentioned above.

Compared with the prior art, the present disclosure can achieve thefollowing beneficial effects.

1. The video can be superposed on real scene. For example, the pictureinformation in newspapers and periodicals, magazines and other printmedia can be easily converted into video information by the systemdisclosed herein, and the video completely fits the picture in thespatial position, so that a user can obtain a new audio-visualexperience of combining emotion with scenery.

2. A precise fast video push service can be provided.

3. An entirely new interactive mode and an audio-visual effect withscience-fictional style can be provided to mobile network users.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The drawings necessary for explaining the embodiments or the prior artare introduced hereinafter to interpret the technical solutions of theembodiments of the present disclosure or the prior art more clearly.Apparently, the drawings described hereinafter are only embodiments ofthe present disclosure, and other drawings can be obtained by a personskilled in the art according to these drawings without creative work.

FIG. 1 is a structural diagram of a system for playing video based onaugmented reality technology according to embodiment 1 of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 2 is a structural diagram of a system for playing video based onaugmented reality technology according to embodiment 2 of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a method for playing video based on augmentedreality technology according to embodiment 3 of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a method for playing video based on augmentedreality technology according to embodiment 4 of the present disclosure;and

FIG. 5 schematically shows an effect of the embodiments of the presentdisclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure aredescribed hereinafter in a clear and complete manner in combination withthe drawings of the embodiments. It should be noted that, theembodiments described herein are only part of the embodiments of thepresent disclosure, rather than all of the embodiments. All otherembodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art based on theembodiments disclosed herein without creative work shall fall within theprotection scope of the present disclosure.

The present disclosure relates to expanded application of augmentreality technology, and aims to solve the problem of outdated and lackof attraction in traditional video playing manner. According to thepresent disclosure, the picture information in newspapers andperiodicals, magazines and other print media can be easily convertedinto video information by the system disclosed herein, and the videocompletely fits the picture in the spatial position, so that a user canobtain a new audio-visual experience of combining emotion with scenery.Therefore, the technical core of the present disclosure comprises how tosuperpose video on a certain image area in real scene.

The embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detailhereinafter in combination with the drawings.

Embodiment 1

FIG. 1 is a structural diagram of a system for playing video based onaugmented reality technology according to embodiment 1 of the presentdisclosure. The video playing system comprises a video camera module 1(comprising a video camera of mobile terminal), an image featureextracting module 2, an image searching module 3, an image registeringmodule 4, an audio-video splitting and decoding module 5, an graphicrendering module 6, and an audio-video output module 7.

The video camera module 1 is used for capturing a current scene imagecontaining a target picture. The video camera module 1, connected withthe image feature extracting module 2 and the audio-video output module7 respectively, is used for transmitting the captured image to the imagefeature extracting module 2 for extracting the feature thereof, andtransmitting the captured image to the audio-video output module 7 forfusing, outputting and displaying.

The image feature extracting module 2 is used for performing featurepoint detection on current scene image captured by the video cameramodule 1, extracting image feature points thereof, and describing saidimage feature points, so as to obtain feature description data of thecurrent scene image and transmit said feature description data to theimage searching module 3.

The image searching module 3 is used for receiving the featuredescription data of the current scene image transmitted from said imagefeature extracting module 2, searching a reference image matching withit in image database of a server, transmitting the feature descriptiondata of matched reference image to the image registering module 4, andtransmitting an Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of a video resourcecorresponding to the matched reference image to the audio-videosplitting and decoding module 5.

The image registering module 4 is used for registering the current sceneimage captured by the video camera module with the reference image in areal-time and continuous manner according to the feature descriptiondata of the reference image returned by the image searching module 3 andthe feature description data of the current scene image extracted bysaid image feature extracting module 2, calculating a posture of videocamera to obtain a homography matrix, and transmitting the homographymatrix to the graphic rendering module 6.

The audio-video splitting and decoding module 5 is used for finding thecorresponding video file (the related video of the image captured by thevideo camera) according to the URI of the video resource obtained by theimage searching module 3, performing audio-video split on and decodingto said video file to obtain a video image frame sequence (video stream)and an audio data (audio stream), extracting video image frame one byone from the video image frame sequence (video stream), transmitting thevideo image frame to the graphic rendering module 6, and transmittingsaid audio data to the audio-video output module 7.

The graphic rendering module 6 is used for drawing a rectangular plane3D model which completely covers the target picture in the current sceneimage according to the homography matrix calculated by the imageregistering module 4, and mapping the video image frame, as a texture,extracted by the audio-video splitting and decoding module to said 3Dmodel frame by frame, which is updated in real-time, thereby graphicrendering being performed. The rectangular plane 3D model completelycovering target picture includes the cases that the rectangular plane 3Dmodel coincides with the target picture. For example, when the targetpicture is a rectangular, a rectangular plane 3D model which completelycoincides with the target picture can be drawn. If the target picture isnon-rectangular, a rectangular plane 3D model which completely coversthe target picture can be drawn.

The audio-video output module 7 is used for fusing, outputting anddisplaying the current scene image captured by the video camera module 1and a 3D model rendered by the graphic rendering module 6, andoutputting audio data synchronously.

After the video file is separated into an audio stream and a videostream, the data packets thereof need to be segmented, so that thesynchronization between audio data and video image frame can berealized. The video data packets form a chain list according to theorder of the timestamp thereof, and thus an ordered queue is formed.Each of the data packets is decoded and the images thereof areextracted, so that the video image frame sequence is obtained and theimage sequence is output under the control of the timestamp. When thevideo image frame is mapped to the 3D model by the graphic renderingmodule as a texture, since the output images change with time in anordered manner, the texture of the 3D model changes accordingly, wherebythe video is played. In addition, the audio stream is segmented intodata packets, and the audio data packets are output according to thetimestamp of the video data packets, so that audio and video are outputsynchronously.

In the present embodiment, during a video playing procedure, the imagesearching module 3 searches the reference image matching with the imagecaptured by the video camera module only once in principle, so as tofind the reference image and the video resource corresponding to thereference image. However, the video camera module 1 captures the sceneimages continuously, the image feature extracting module 2 also extractsthe features of the scene images captured by the video camera modulecontinuously, and the image registering module 4 registers the currentscene image captured by the video camera module 1 with the referenceimage in a real-time and continuous manner, and calculates a posture ofvideo camera in real-time to obtain a homography matrix corresponding tothe real-time posture of the video camera module 1 continuously.Therefore, the system of the present disclosure performs featuredetection and registration on each frame picture captured by the videocamera module 1, which would have a slightly negative effect on thespeed thereof in practice.

FIG. 5 schematically shows an effect of video being overlapped to atarget picture in real scene according to the present embodiment. Thecurrent scene image captured by the video camera module is “the realscene image captured by the video camera” as shown in FIG. 5. The targetpicture contained in the real scene image is a rectangular picture, asshown in FIG. 5. A 3D model which coincides with the location of thetarget picture is drawn by the system of the present embodiment. Thevideo file related to the target picture searched therein is separatedand decoded, the video image frames are extracted from the video imageframe sequence separated therein, and the video image frames, astexture, are mapped to the 3D model of the rectangular plane frame byframe and are updated in real-time. The images are rendered, and thusthe video being overlapped to a target picture in real scene isrealized. At the same time, the audio data separated from the video fileare output synchronously according to the rendering progress of thevideo images.

Embodiment 2

FIG. 2 is a structural diagram of a system for playing video based onaugmented reality technology according to embodiment 2 of the presentdisclosure. The video playing system of the present embodiment is addedwith a tracking module 8 on the basis of the system of FIG. 1 (that is,embodiment 1), which is connected between the image registering module 4and the graphic rendering module 6. In the present embodiment, thehomography matrix calculated by the image registering module 4 is aninitial homography matrix. The tracking module 8 is also connected withthe video camera module 1. If the target picture of the current sceneimages captured by the video camera module 1 is matched with thereference image, the feature detection thereof would stop, i.e., theimage feature extracting module 2 stop extracting the feature points ofthe images capture by the video camera module 1. The tracking module 8is used for performing optical flow tracking on a target picture of acurrent scene image captured by the video camera module 1 to obtain thehomography matrix through tracking algorithm.

The optical flow is the instantaneous velocity of the pixel motion of amoving object in space in the observing and imaging plane, whereby thecorresponding relationship between the last frame and the current framecan be found according to the change of the pixels of the image sequencein time domain and the correlations between adjacent frames, and thusthe moving information of the target objects between adjacent frames canbe calculated. In the present embodiment, the image registering module 4conveys the initial homography matrix calculated therein and the featurepoints need to be tracked to the tracking module 8. At the same time,the tracking module 8 receives the current scene image captured by thevideo camera module 1 in real-time, and performs tracking andcalculating. The term “feature points need to be tracked” means thefeature points of registered pictures during the image searchingprocedure.

To prevent unsuccessful tracking, preferably, the tracking module isalso used for commanding image feature extracting module to detectfeature points of a current scene image captured by the video cameraonce again and commanding the image registering module to perform imageregistration once again when tracking on target picture fails, so thatthe tracking can be performed once again. The failing of tracking can bedetermined as follows: calculate once again the matching degree of thefeature points which are successfully tracked, and record the number ofthe feature points thereof; if the number of the well-matched featurepoints is below a threshold (which ranges generally from 5 to 20, and ispreferably 10), the tracking fails.

According to the present embodiment, the system is added with thetracking module 8, the speed of the system is improved compared withembodiment 1 since feature detection and registration on each framepicture is not needed. In addition, the judder of the images due to theminor deviation of the calculation result of the homography matrixduring the registration process can be avoided, so that the 3D modelformed therein is more stable in terms of visual effect.

Embodiment 3

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a method for playing video based on augmentedreality technology according to the present embodiment of the presentdisclosure. In the present embodiment, the method for playing videobased on augmented reality technology comprises the following steps.

In step S101, a scene image is captured, i.e., a current scene image iscaptured by a video camera.

In step S102, feature points of the image are extracted, i.e., thefeatures of image captured by the video camera are detected, the featurepoints of the image are extracted and described, the description vectorsof the feature points are obtained, and thus the feature descriptiondata of the whole image are obtained.

In step S103, a image is searched, i.e., a reference image matching withthe target picture of current scene images is searched in image databaseof a server according to the feature description data of the imagecaptured by the video camera, and the reference image and correspondingvideo file are obtained. The corresponding video file obtained here canbe understood as video resource identifier.

In step S104, the image is registered, i.e., the image captured by thevideo camera is registered with the reference image in a real-time andcontinuous manner according to a feature data of reference imagereturned by the image searching result, a posture of video camera iscalculated, the homography matrix is obtained, and a rectangular plane3D model which completely covers target picture in current scene imageis drawn according to said homography matrix.

In step S105, the audio and video are separated, i.e., the video fileobtained in step S103 is performed by audio-video split and decoding,and a video image frame sequence and an audio data are obtained. If thevideo resource identifier is searched in step S103, the related videoshould be found first according to the video resource identifier, andthen the video is performed by audio-video split and decoding. Here, thevideo image frame sequence is also called as video stream.

In step S106, the video image frames are obtained, i.e., the video imageframes are extracted from the video stream frame by frame.

In step S107, the video image frames extracted in step S106, as texture,are mapped to said 3D model frame by frame and are updated in real-time,and graphic rendering is performed.

In step S108, the current scene image captured by the video camera and arendered 3D model are fused and output, and step S109 is performedsimultaneously.

In step S109, the audio data are output synchronously, the video andaudio are displayed in synchronization, and the video is “superposed” ona certain image area in real scene.

The effect of the present embodiment is also shown in FIG. 5. Since FIG.5 is illustrated in detail in embodiment 1, the details of which are nolonger repeated here. According to the present embodiment, the stepsS101, S102, and S104 are all performed continuously during a whole videoplaying procedure, while step S103 is performed only once in principleduring the video playing procedure, wherein the reference image matchingwith the image captured by the video camera module is searched by theimage searching module, and after the reference image and the videoresource corresponding to the reference image are found, the searchingprocedure will not be performed once again.

Embodiment 4

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a method for playing video based on augmentedreality technology according to embodiment 4 of the present disclosure.In this embodiment, a target picture tracking step S1041 and a trackfailing determination step S1042 (FIG. 4) are added on the basis of thevideo playing method of FIG. 3 (that is, embodiment 3).

In step S1041, the target picture is tracked, i.e., when the image issuccessfully registered in step S104, the feature detection thereofwould stop (i.e., step S102 is stopped). Instead, an optical flowtracking is performed on a target picture to obtain the homographymatrix through tracking algorithm. With the tracking step S1041performed, the homography matrix obtained in step S104 is an initialhomography matrix, which is not used for drawing the 3D model directly,but for performing optical flow tracking on the target picture incombination with the feature points need to be tracked and the currentscene image captured by the video camera in real-time, so as to obtainthe homography matrix through tracking algorithm. The term “featurepoints need to be tracked” means the feature points of registeredpictures during the image searching procedure.

In step S1042, whether the tracking fails is determined. The failing oftracking can be determined as follows: calculate once again the matchingdegree of the feature points which are successfully tracked, and recordthe number of the feature points thereof; if the number of thewell-matched feature points is below a threshold (which ranges generallyfrom 5 to 20, and is preferably 10), the tracking fails. When it isdetermined that the tracking fails, steps S102 and S104 are repeated,wherein feature detection and image registration are performed, and stepS1041 is performed, i.e., the target picture is tracked (step S103 isperformed in the same way as in the embodiment 3, i.e., step S103 isperformed only once during a video playing process in principle).

According to the present embodiment, the system is added with thetracking step, and the speed of the system is improved compared withembodiment 3 since feature detection and registration on each framepicture is not needed. In addition, the judder of the images due to theminor deviation of the calculation result of the homography matrixduring the registration process can be avoided, so that the 3D modelformed therein is more stable in terms of visual effect.

In addition to the aforementioned video playing system and method, thepresent disclosure also provides a mobile terminal, which comprises avideo playing system based on augmented reality technology. The pictureinformation in newspapers and periodicals, magazines and other printmedia can be easily converted into video information, and the videocompletely fits the picture in the spatial position, so that a user canobtain a new audio-visual experience of combining emotion with scenery;and newspapers and periodicals, magazines and other paper media can alsorealize diversified propagation of information by virtue of thetechnology of the present invention, and provide a precise fast videopush service.

All of the features, methods or steps disclosed herein, except for thefeatures and/or steps which are conflict with each other, can becombined in any way.

Any feature disclosed in the description (including any appended claims,abstract and drawings) can be substituted by other alternative featureshaving the same effect or similar purpose unless otherwise stated. Thatis to say, unless otherwise stated, any feature is just an example of aseries of equivalent or similar features.

The present disclosure is not limited by the aforesaid embodiments. Allof the new features disclosed herein and the new combinations thereof,as well as all of the new methods and steps disclosed herein and the newcombinations thereof are within the protection scope of the presentdisclosure.

1. A method for playing a video based on augmented reality technology,comprising: capturing, by the video camera, the current scene imagecontaining the target picture; performing feature detection on thecurrent scene image captured by the video camera, extracting imagefeature points thereof, and describing said image feature points, so asto obtain feature description data of a whole image; searching an imagein an image database according to the feature description data of thecurrent scene image, so as to obtain a reference image matching with thetarget picture in the current scene image and a video file correspondingto said reference image; performing audio-video split on and decoding tothe video file corresponding to said reference image, in order to obtaina video image frame sequence and an audio data; registering the currentscene image captured by a video camera with the reference image,calculating a posture of the video camera to obtain a homography matrix,and obtaining a rectangular plane 3D model which completely covers thetarget picture in the current scene image according to said homographymatrix; mapping a video image frame, as a texture, in said video imageframe sequence to said 3D model frame by frame, and performing graphicrendering; and fusing the current scene image captured by the videocamera with the rendered 3D model, outputting and displaying the fusingresult, and outputting said audio data synchronously.
 2. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein registering the current scene imagecaptured by a video camera and reference image, and calculating aposture of the video camera to obtain a homography matrix comprises:registering the current scene image captured by the video camera withthe reference image in a real-time and continuous manner, andcalculating a posture of the video camera, in order to obtain thehomography matrix.
 3. The method according to claim 1, whereinregistering the current scene image captured by a video camera andreference image, and calculating a posture of the video camera to obtaina homography matrix comprises: registering the current scene imagecaptured by the video camera with the reference image to obtain aninitial homography matrix; and performing optical flow tracking on thetarget picture according to image feature points of successful imageregistration, the initial homography matrix and the current scene imagecaptured by the video camera in real time, in order to obtain thehomography matrix through tracking algorithm.
 4. The method according toclaim 3, wherein said method further comprises: determining whether theoptical flow tracking on target picture fails, if yes, performingfeature point detection and image registration once again on the currentscene image captured by the video camera.
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 6. A system forplaying a video based on augmented reality technology, comprising avideo camera module, an image feature extracting module, an imagesearching module, an image registering module, an audio-video splittingand decoding module, an graphic rendering module, and an audio-videooutput module, wherein said video camera module is used for capturing acurrent scene image containing a target picture; wherein said imagefeature extracting module is used for performing feature point detectionon the current scene image captured by the video camera module,extracting image feature points, and describing said image featurepoints, so as to obtain feature description data of the current sceneimage; wherein said image searching module is used for receiving thefeature description data of the current scene image from said imagefeature extracting module, searching in image database, transmitting thefeature description data of a reference image matched therewith to theimage registering module, and transmitting an Uniform ResourceIdentifier (URI) of a video resource corresponding to the matchedreference image to the audio-video splitting and decoding module;wherein said image registering module is used for registering thecurrent scene image captured by the video camera module with thereference image according to feature description data of the referenceimage returned by the image searching module and the feature descriptiondata of the current scene image extracted by said image featureextracting module, so as to obtain a homography matrix; wherein saidaudio-video splitting and decoding module is used for findingcorresponding video file according to the URI of a video resourceobtained by the image searching module, performing audio-video split onand decoding to said video file, in order to obtain a video image framesequence and an audio data, and transmitting said video image framesequence to the graphic rendering module and said audio data to theaudio-video output module; wherein said graphic rendering module is usedfor drawing a rectangular plane 3D model which completely covers thetarget picture in the current scene image according to the homographymatrix calculated by the image registering module, and mapping a videoimage frame, as a texture, extracted by said audio-video splitting anddecoding module to said 3D model frame by frame, thereby graphicrendering being performed; and wherein said audio-video output module isused for fusing the current scene image captured by the video cameramodule with the 3D model rendered by the graphic rendering module,outputting and displaying the fusing result, and outputting said audiodata synchronously.
 7. The system according to claim 6, wherein saidimage registering module registers the current scene image captured bythe video camera module with the reference image in a real-time andcontinuous manner, and calculates a posture of the video camera module,in order to obtain the homography matrix.
 8. The system according toclaim 6, wherein said system further comprises a tracking moduleconnected between said image registering module and said graphicrendering module, said tracking module being also connected with thevideo camera module, and wherein said tracking module is used forperforming optical flow tracking on the target picture of the currentscene image captured by the video camera module and calculating thehomography matrix, after the target picture of the current scene imagecaptured by the video camera module is successfully matched with thereference image.
 9. The system according to claim 8, wherein saidtracking module is also used for commanding image feature extractingmodule to detect feature points of the current scene image captured bythe video camera module once again and commanding the image registeringmodule to perform image registration once again when tracking on targetpicture fails.
 10. A mobile terminal, comprising a video playing systembased on augmented reality technology according to claim 6.